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The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

By: Diane Perpich

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The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

By: Diane Perpich

This work offers a new interpretation of what Levinas means when he says that we are infinitely responsible to the other person.

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Stanford University Press

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0804759421

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Inessential Solidarity

Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations

By: Diane Davis

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Inessential Solidarity

Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations

By: Diane Davis

In Inessential Solidarity, Diane Davis examines critical intersections of rhetoric and sociality in order to revise some of rhetorical theory's basic presumptions. Rather than focus on the arguments and symbolic exchanges through which social relations are defined, Davis exposes an underivable rhetorical imperative, an obligation to respond that is as undeniable as the obligation to age. Situating this response-ability as the condition for, rather than the effect of, symbolic interaction, Davis both dissolves contemporary concerns about linguistic overdetermination and calls into question long-held presumptions about rhetoric's relationship with identification, figuration, hermeneutics, agency, and judgment. Spotlighting a rhetorical "situation" irreducible to symbolic relations, Davis proposes quite provocatively that rhetoric—rather than ontology (Aristotle/Heidegger), epistemology (Descartes), or ethics (Levinas)—is "first philosophy." The subject or "symbol-using animal" comes into being, Davis argues both with and against Emmanuel Levinas, only inasmuch as it responds to the other; the priority of the other is not a matter of the subject's choice, then, but of its inescapable predicament. Directing the reader's attention to this inessential solidarity without which no meaning-making or determinate social relation would be possible, Davis aims to nudge rhetorical studies beyond the epistemological concerns that typically circumscribe theories of persuasion toward the examination of a more fundamental affectability, persuadability, responsivity.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822977648

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9780822977643

Slaying Goliath

The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools

By: Diane Ravitch

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Slaying Goliath

The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools

By: Diane Ravitch

From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, Slaying Goliath is an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, and activists are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are trying to privatize America’s public schools. Diane Ravitch writes of a true grassroots movement sweeping the country, from cities and towns across America, a movement dedicated to protecting public schools from those who are funding privatization and who believe that America’s schools should be run like businesses and that children should be treated like customers or products. Slaying Goliath is about the power of democracy, about the dangers of plutocracy, and about the potential of ordinary people—armed like David with only a slingshot of ideas, energy, and dedication—to prevail against those who are trying to divert funding away from our historic system of democratically governed, nonsectarian public schools. Among the lessons learned from the global pandemic of 2020 is the importance of our public schools and their teachers and the fact that distance learning can never replace human interaction, the pesonal connection between teachers and students.

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352

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Vintage

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0525655387

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9780525655381

Reading Together

Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read

By: Diane W. Frankenstein

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Reading Together

Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read

By: Diane W. Frankenstein

A dynamic guide to more than 100 books that will get kids talking and reading more. How do children become good readers? In Reading Together, educational consultant Diane W. Frankenstein shares the secret: guiding children to find an appropriate book and talking with them about the story helps them connect with what they read. This engaging guide shares advice for parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers on how to help children find what to read, and then through conversation, how to find meaning and pleasure in their reading. With more than 100 great book recommendations for kids from Pre-K through grade six, as well as related conversation starters, Reading Together offers a winning equation to turn children into lifelong readers. Some of the award-winning books discussed include Betty G. Birney?s World According to Humphrey, Gennifer Choldenko?s Notes from a Liar and Her Dog, and David Shannon?s Bad Case of Stripes.

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289

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Penguin

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1101136065

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9781101136065

The Architecture of the Child Mind

g, Fs, and the Hierarchical Model of Intelligence

By: Marc H. Bornstein,Diane L. Putnick

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The Architecture of the Child Mind

g, Fs, and the Hierarchical Model of Intelligence

By: Marc H. Bornstein,Diane L. Putnick

What exactly does it mean to be intelligent? Does intelligence manifest itself in one way or in different ways in children? Do children fit any preconceived notions of intelligence? Some theories assert a general (g) factor for intelligence that is universal and enters all mental abilities; other theories state that there are many separate domains or faculties (Fs) of intelligence; and still others argue that the g and Fs of intelligence coexist in a hierarchical relation. The Architecture of the Child Mind: g, Fs, and the Hierarchical Model of Intelligence argues for the third option in young children. Through state-of-the-art methodologies in an intensive research program conducted with 4-year-old children, Bornstein and Putnick show that the structure of intelligence in the preschool child is best construed as a hierarchically organized combination of a General Intelligence factor (g) and multiple domain-specific faculties (Fs). The Architecture of the Child Mind offers a review of the history of intelligence theories and testing, and a comprehensive and original research effort on the nature and structure of intelligence in young children before they enter school. Its focus on intelligence will appeal to cognitive, developmental, and social psychologists as well as researchers and scholars in education, particularly those specializing in early childhood education.

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288

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Routledge

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0429640005

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9780429640001

A More Perfect Military

How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger

By: Diane H. Mazur

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A More Perfect Military

How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger

By: Diane H. Mazur

Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept the obligation for military service, and a larger number lack the knowledge to be engaged participants in civilian control of the military. The end of the draft, however, is not the most important reason we have a significant civil-military gap today. A More Perfect Military explains how the Supreme Court used the cultural division of the Vietnam era to change the nature of our civil-military relations. The Supreme Court describes itself as a strong supporter of the military and its distinctive culture, but in the all-volunteer era, its decisions have consistently undermined the military's traditional relationship to law and the Constitution. Most people would never suspect there was anything wrong, but our civil-military relations are now as constitutionally fragile as they have ever been. A More Perfect Military is a bracingly candid assessment of the military's constitutional health. It crosses ideological and political boundaries and is challenging-even unsettling-to both liberal and conservative views. It is written for those who believe the military may be slipping away from our common national experience. This book is the blueprint for a new national conversation about military service.

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239

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Oxford University Press

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0199780471

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9780199780471

Bias-Motivated Crimes

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Bias-Motivated Crimes

By: DIANE Publishing Company

Bias-motivated crimes (BMC) committed by offenders because of the victim's race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or characteristics identified as sexual orientation have been documented throughout the U.S. This report, issued by the state of Minnesota, covers: BMC: a national perspective (national studies; hate groups in America; campus violence, and anti-Gay and Lesbian violence); in Minnesota (demographic trends and law enforcement statistics); and law enforcement conferences on bias-motivated crimes (statewide characteristics and regional workshops). Applicable to all states.

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142

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DIANE Publishing

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1568061447

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9781568061443

The Seed Keeper

A Novel

By: Diane Wilson

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The Seed Keeper

A Novel

By: Diane Wilson

A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakhóta family’s struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most. Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakhóta people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn’t return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato—where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies they’ve inherited. On a winter’s day many years later, Rosalie returns to her childhood home. A widow and mother, she has spent the previous two decades on her white husband’s farm, finding solace in her garden even as the farm is threatened first by drought and then by a predatory chemical company. Now, grieving, Rosalie begins to confront the past, on a search for family, identity, and a community where she can finally belong. In the process, she learns what it means to be descended from women with souls of iron—women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss, through war and the insidious trauma of boarding schools. Weaving together the voices of four indelible women, The Seed Keeper is a beautifully told story of reawakening, of remembering our original relationship to the seeds and, through them, to our ancestors.

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240

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Milkweed Editions

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1571317325

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9781571317322

The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

By: Diane Perpich

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The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

By: Diane Perpich

This work offers a new interpretation of what Levinas means when he says that we are infinitely responsible to the other person.

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The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

Inessential Solidarity

Inessential Solidarity

Slaying Goliath

Slaying Goliath

Reading Together

Reading Together

The Architecture of the Child Mind

The Architecture of the Child Mind

A More Perfect Military

A More Perfect Military

Bias-Motivated Crimes

Bias-Motivated Crimes

The Seed Keeper

The Seed Keeper

The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

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